Railway-rail tie



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD JONES, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

RAILWAY- RAIL TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,426, dated December17, 1889.

' Application filed June 26,1889. Serial No. 315,628. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD JONES, of Houston, in the county of Harrisand State of Texas,have invented a new and Improved Railway-Rail Tie, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a railway-rail tie by meansof which the rails may be supported and locked to place; and to the endnamed the invention consists in the particular construction andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthisspecification, in which similar figures of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a railway-track, representingthe same as it appears when supported by my improved form ofrailway-rail tie. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on line 0000 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is anenlarged plan view of one end of the tie. Fig. 5 is a similar view,parts being broken away, the construction employed in connection withthe rail-joint being illustrated in this figure. Fig. 6 is an enlargedside view of one end of the tie, the rail being shown in section; andFig. 7 is a similar view representing the parts as they appear whenarranged in connection with a rail-joint, parts being broken away.

In the drawings, 10 represents a railwayrail tie that is formed withtransverse re: cesses 11, andwith projections 12, which extend into therecesses 11, the arrangement being such that when the bases of the railsare placed within the recesses 11 and the rails are moved outward theinner faces of the projections will bear against the railwebs and bases,as is shown in the drawings. The central section of the tie-body isformed with apertures 13, which lead in from the recesses 11, and justbeyond the apertures 13 there are transverse slots 14, which communicatewith the apertures 13.

YVithin the apertures 13,1 place retainingblocks 15,0f proper contour tofit against the rail-webs, and these retaining-blocks I force to placeby means of keys 16, which are passed through the slots 14, thearrangement being such that by driving the keys home the blocks will beheld in rigid connection with the rails. To prevent any possibledisplacement of the keys 16, I aperture the ends of said keys, andthrough the apertures so formed I pass cotter-pins 17.

The ties are formed with recesses a, in the projections 12, and in casethe tie is to sup-' port a rail-joint the retaining-blocks used inconnection therewith are formed with proj ections 18, adapted to passthrough apertures formed in the rail-webs and under the recesses a, aswill be readily understood.

To prevent any lateral displacement of the track, I form the ties 10with a series of transverse ribs or projections 20.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- .1. The combination of a railway-rail tie providedwith a transverse recess 11, projection 12, the transverse slots 14, andthe apertures 13, leading from the recesses to the slots, theretaining-blocks 15, fitting in the apertures 13, and keys 16, workingin the slots and adapted to press the retaining-blocks against theflange and Web of the rail, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a railway-rail tie formed with transverserecesses 1 1,proj ections 12, which overhang said recesses, apertures13, and transverse slots 14, which communicate with said apertures, ofretaining-blocks formed with projections 18, and wedgingkeys,substantially as described.

RICHARD JONES.

VVitnesses:

J. WV. J ONES, WM. ANTHONY.

